LohvslordWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: Loh is a name, lord is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Loh” is a name and “lord” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#47,164
“Loh” frequency rank
#832
“lord” frequency rank
47996
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Loh lord
Definition A surname. The master of the servants of a household; (historical) the master of a feudal manor

Letter map: Loh vs lord

Shared letters muted; letters that set Loh and lord apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch
Loh
4 ch
lord

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Loh is aname and lordanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47996, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Loh is recorded at frequency rank #47,164, classified as aname. lord is at rank #832, tagged as anoun, pronounced /lɔːd/.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 47996, this pair ranks #197,300 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Loh vs lord

Shared letters: lo. Private to "Loh": h. Private to "lord": dr.

"Loh" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "lord" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • lordllord · lodr · lordd · lorrd · lrod · olrd

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Loh" and "lord" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Loh" is a name and "lord" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Loh" or "lord"?
"lord" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #832 in our English list, against #47,164 for "Loh". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list